Rake.



No. 704,719. Patented july l5, 19H2.

c. H. TRUMPLEB.

BAKE.

(Application filed Oct. l5, 1901.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES n. TRUMPLEa on BROOKLYN, NEwYoRK.

RAKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 704,719, dated July 15,1902.

L Application iiledOctober 15, 1901;. Serial No. 78,679. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. TRUMPLER, a citizen of the "UnitedStates, residing in Brooklyn, in the county ot' Kings and-State,

of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rakes,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that form of rake which consists of a bar orhead bearing rigid teeth or tines ordinarily arranged at right Y angleswith said bar and parallel to each other,

and in the form thereof to which my invention more specically relatesand which is commonly denominated a hand-rake i to said head or bar isordinarily attached a'handle at right angles to said head orbar andat agreater or less angle to said 'teethv or tines, as may be necessary tobestadaptsaid rake to the specic use or uses for whichV it mayhave beendesigned. Such uses ordinarily comprise leveling or loosening of thesurface of the ground or the collection thereon of loose substancessuchas mown grass or hay, dead leaves, or stones, or refuse matter-andinvolves operations to which it is peculiarly adapted and for which evenin its ordinary form it possesses marked advantages over cognateimplementsL-such as hoes,brooms, spades, forks, lor.

brushes-to none of whichdoes this invention appertain. In its ordinaryform, however, it is found impossible to functionallyj operate a rake insome locationsin which thenecessity for its specific use is plainlyindicated--as, for instance, between plants or other objects located sonear to each other that the rake. head or bar may not pass betweenthemen-l cept atan angle. Undersuch circumstances it is frequentlyfoundnecessary to remove ob jects by hand, especially such as growingweeds, grass, moss, or other objectsattached to or fixed in the ground.By the form chosen to illustrate my invention4 herein,`however, suchremoval-may be quickly effected by the use of the rake, which if theheadthereof be held vertically or at any suitable angleV with the groundmay be operated in its functionally peculiar manner. This is effected bymeans of a'tooth or teeth other than those depending vertically from therake-bar, said teeth or tines being, in fact, disposed at various anglesat the respective ends of said rake-bar, so that they severally divergeone from another and fromA said depending teeth or tines. The divergentteeth are preferably Vlocated on a common plane with the pendent teethand are preferably formed in sets either vintegral withthe rake -head orsecured to ing part vof this specification, Figure l is a viewof a partof arake, showingone form of theseimproved tines integral therewith.Fig. 2V is a view of a similar set of tines removably secured to anyordinary rake. Fig. 3 illustrates a somewhat different mode ot' securinga removable set of tines to a rake. Fig. 4 is a View of a rake with aset of tines similar to those shown in Fig. 1 Vintegral therewith ateach end thereof. Fig. 5 is a view of animplernent withtwo sets ofradial or diverging tines assembled -without the intermediate tines.Fig. 6 is a view of a rake with two sets of radial ordiverging curvedtines, and Fig. 7 illustrates this improved rake in use.

Similar characters ot reference indicate corresponding parts in thedierent figures of the drawings.A 1

Two modesof attachment are shown in the drawings, one ofwhich isillustrated in Fig. vf2. vThe'tines 1i have a plate 5, preferablyintegral therewith, adapted to overlap the end ofthe-rake-'ban A similarseparable plate 6.is adapted for attachment to the opposite side ofsaidptines andtheibar, being held in position by projections orribs 7,formed on the tines and the bar and-iitting into grooves 8A in suchplate, or vice versa, as maybe found desirable, such plates and barbeing secured by a bolt extending through'said plates..

In the mode of attachment illustrated in Fig. 3 the tines are providedwith -a bar 9, adapted to be securedin position tothe bar of the rake bysuitable yokeslO and bolts ll. On loosening the bolts the tines can bedetached by withdrawing the bar 9 from the yokes, whereupon the yokescan be removed from the rake-bar, they being open at one point for thispurpose. Various other modes IOO of securing the tines to the implementmay be used, if preferred. By forming the tines removable from the rakethey may be made and sold for attachment to rakes already in use and canalso be detached from the rake to permit the latter to be usedindependently thereof. v

In the form shown in Fig. 5 the depending teeth or tines are omitted,two sets of radial or diverging tines being assembled and secureddirectly to the handle of the rake. It will be understood that thesedivergin g tines or teeth may be formed straight, as shown in Figs. 1,2, 3, 4, and 5, or curved, as illustrated in Fig. 6, or of any otherdesired formation.

The various details of construction may be more or less modified asfound desirable in practice without departing from the spirit or scopeof the invention, which consists, broadly, in providin ga rake withteeth or cines projecting in diiferent directions, whereby it will haveone or more diverging or radial tines to permit the tool to be used invarious positions, and as the implement of my invention comprises,practically, one .or more narrow rakes and a comparatively broad rakethe latter may, if desired, be made much broader than those ordinarilyin use, inasmuch as the ordinary requirement of facility of passage ofthe rake-bar horizontally between closely-located objects is by myinvention rendered wholly negligible.

Having described my invention, I claiml. A rake comprising a bar havingdepending teeth; and diverging sets of teeth removably secured to saidbar.

2. A rake comprising a bar, having a set of depending rigid teeth; a setof laterally-diverging rigid teeth; and means for securing saiddiverging teeth in position.

3. A rake having depending and diverging teeth, one set thereofdetachable; and means for attaching the detachable part of said teeth.

4:. In an attachment for a rake, a set of divergent teeth, having meanswhereby they may be attached to an end of the tooth-bar of a hand-rake.

5. A hand-rake, comprising a single set of separated rigid teeth whosepoints lie in a long row; at one end of said set a small set ofseparated rigid teeth whose points lie in a short row which extendscrosswise of said long row; so that the long row may be employed inordinary use, and so that the short row may be brought into action bytilting the rake.

6. A hand-rake comprising a single set of separated rigid teeth,whosepoints lie in a long row; and at each end of said set a small set ofseparated rigid teeth, the points of each of said small sets lying inshort rows which extend crosswise of said long row, so that the long rowmay be employed in ordinary use, and so that either of said short rowsmay be brought into action by tilting the rake one way or the other.

7. A hand-rake comprising a single set of separated teeth whose pointslie in a long row; at one end of said set a small set of separated teethwhose points lie in a short row which extends crosswise'of said longrow; so that the long row may be employed in ordinary use, and so thatthe short row may be brought into action by tilting the rake; all ofsaid teeth lying substantially in the same plane, thereby forming asubstantially continuous set of teeth, and the teeth in the short rowdiverging from one another and from the teeth lying in the long row.

8.l A hand-rake comprising a single set of separated teeth,whose pointslie in a long row; and at each end of said set a small set of separatedteeth; the points of each of said small sets lying in short rows whichextend crosswise of said long row, so that the long row may be employedin ordinary use, and so that either of said short rows may be broughtinto action by tilting the rake one way or the other, all of said teethlying in substantially the same plane, thereby forming a substantiallycontinuous set of teeth, and the teeth of each of the short rowsdiverging from one another and from the teeth in the long row.

9. A hand-rake comprising, in combination, a bar, and a plurality ofteeth extending therefrom at various angles; and said teeth terminatingin a rowr which extends substantially at right angles to the severalteeth.

10. A hand-rake comprising, in combination, a handle; a barsubstantially at right angles thereto; a row of substantially parallelteeth depending from said bar and having an angular relation to saidhandle; and diverging teeth at one end of said row and lying insubstantially the same plane as said row; said diverging teethterminating at successively higher points than the teeth in said row.

l1. A hand-rake comprising, in combination, a handle; a barsubstantially at right angles thereto; a row of substantially parallelrigid teeth depending from said bar and having an angular relation tosaid handle; and a plurality of rigid teeth extending from an end ofsaid bar at various angles with said bar and terminating at successivelyhigher points than the teeth in said row.

CHARLES I-I. TRUMPLER.

Witnesses:

REUBEN S. GooDELL, C. A. WEED.

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